I find the "For Thomas' Friends" marking especially endearing for some reason, like the people making the product actually cared back then...
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
It definitely makes you feel special. Like, "hey - I'm a friend of Thomas. How cool is that?!"
@supermariof05213 жыл бұрын
@@ThomasWoodenRailway There were two varrients you missed. The "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" packaging that both Learning Curve and Brio put out back in 2000.
@leokimvideo5 жыл бұрын
Just reminded me I don't have a BRIO Thomas in my collection. Very curious video you have here, it certainly points out when things started to get derailed. And it's always seems to be the same company that has caused all this confusion and delay. Yep you either buy out the competition, or fall on your sword and change track joiner format. The Thomas Wood decision was I feel one of the all time biggest mistakes in the toy industry. One of the biggest changes I saw between TWR and Thomas Wood was a huge drop in the price of an engine. It literally was halved. And maybe this change spooked me the most. Exactly who was Thomas competing against? Chuggington had gone! There was only other generic Wooden Railway toys yet the Thomas wood toys dumped in price. I feel Mattle are competing with something that's not in the physical world of real toys and they feel the only way to compete is dumb down and make stuff for as little as possible. It's rather scary to witness.
@thatredditboi65144 жыл бұрын
leokimvideo *it always seems (your welcome for the correction)
@PistonCupProductions3 жыл бұрын
@@thatredditboi6514 what a hero you must be for the minor correction... 🤦🏻♂️
@Benbo_Gamer3 жыл бұрын
I have a brio Thomas but I'm not wanting to sell it. I got it from Ebay, I also got a brio James from a lower school.
@Lseccuro6 жыл бұрын
Thomas wood.. *shivers*
@coltsegura14865 жыл бұрын
Wood got full paint jobs again
@Atmosphere84585 жыл бұрын
Colt Segura what really
@lilrandy734 жыл бұрын
@@Atmosphere8458 yep
@tfoltzyt1114 жыл бұрын
TheThomasTheTankEngine WoodenRailwayFan926472 wooden railway will always be superior
@stache2973 жыл бұрын
More like throw up 🤮
@BiPolarExpress12256 жыл бұрын
"for Thomas' friends Ages 2 years and up" thats adorable! I loved my wooden railway trains and I still have my first Thomas engine.
@taisdo53392 жыл бұрын
Mine was I limited 60 year diesel it had some 💙THOMAS LOVE💙
@TeamDoodleBlocks6 жыл бұрын
For some odd reason I like how basic Thomas looked, like their no being red stripes near his boiler.
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
There was definitely an element of simplicity with the earlier Thomas models that was really nice.
@charlesmoskal4906 жыл бұрын
What is your favorite version of Thomas
@gettingroceries31985 жыл бұрын
Well Team Doodle Blocks by late 2004 Thomas gained red stripes on his boiler
@exynoschipset94444 жыл бұрын
That’s what i really like about Wooden Railway. I absolutely like the simplicity of the designs.
@littleboyryan3624 жыл бұрын
Same
@ryan-tq9jb6 жыл бұрын
I never though once about The packaging, never thought you could make an hour video about it. Great work!
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@ThomasWoodenEpisodes6 жыл бұрын
Keekre, this is simply brilliant! This particular review was really informative and you did great with going into the details of each packaging troughout the evolution of the TWR line. Kudos to you for collecting almost each and every version of Thomas and for all the research work that went into this review!
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@ThatOneRedEngine6 жыл бұрын
In Australia we had the us packaging
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
@Railmakes4 жыл бұрын
Timestamp
@runawaytruckstudios84856 жыл бұрын
Good video it's good to see thomas throughout the years of WoodenRailway.
@hazyhope._.6 жыл бұрын
Except *cough* Thomas Wood.. *cough*
@runawaytruckstudios84856 жыл бұрын
MagmaRblx YT WoodenRailway is different. It's not the same company.
@runawaytruckstudios84856 жыл бұрын
Thomas Wood ThomasWoodenRailway
@stirlingno.12966 жыл бұрын
MagmaRblx YT Stop.
@runawaytruckstudios84856 жыл бұрын
History Fan Get some help.
@shirleyfritos27262 жыл бұрын
mannnn i been i’m only 19 and i have been watching thomas the train videos for about 10 minutes so far and i stumbled across the old commercial promos i used to NEVER stop watching. the nostalgia that hit me is insane, thomas the train was my WHOLE childhood. never cried so much over a train LMAO 😭🙏🏻
@shirleyfritos27262 жыл бұрын
just thinking how times were so simple and precious during my time with thomas 😌 happy i stumbled across this again.
@ABellEngine6 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic! Wooden Railway will be in everyone's heart and will always remain there.
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@ThomasLover6 жыл бұрын
What about the 2000-2001 packaging, thomas had a old style version.
@supermariof05215 жыл бұрын
True. The 1992-2001 Thomas had the face that looked like it was from Series 3-5, whereas the 2002 revision had a face that resembled the promotional artwork.
@gregoriotzic44394 жыл бұрын
I don’t think that the wooden railway was relente in 2000 or 2001
@swiftengine4 жыл бұрын
wasnt it designed for the magic railroad?
@zacharyspinks62075 жыл бұрын
I used to play the Thomas wooden railway toys way back in the day, but now i don't anymore.
@AlcoLoco2513 жыл бұрын
I grew up with the Wooden Thomas trains and my parents also got me Brio trains, but I never knew of the Thomas Brio trains or had one. Thanks for the journey back to the 90s. Also, I feel the appeal of the previous box style of packaging was for storage. You could keep each of the engine's and cars in their own box that could stack with each other. I remember doing that on more than one occasion.
@spadesofpaintstudios17196 жыл бұрын
Amazing how evolution has happened over the decades
@TidmouthYardStudios6 жыл бұрын
This was uploaded on my birthday
@suzieh52045 жыл бұрын
I love Thomas wood so much
@ThatOneRedEngine6 жыл бұрын
See video is hour long ... In going to get some pop corn !
@runawaytruckstudios84856 жыл бұрын
That One Red Engine Same!
@TheRetroRoom6 жыл бұрын
That One Red Engine same as me!!!
@ThatOneRedEngine6 жыл бұрын
I back with my bag of popcorn xD
@TheRetroRoom6 жыл бұрын
That One Red Engine lol
@tryhardm32246 жыл бұрын
LOL
@davimoura66696 жыл бұрын
Wood is Good, Mattel is Great and Thomas is FUN!!!
@lilrandy734 жыл бұрын
Yep
@DanielTheShunter5 жыл бұрын
We definitely had the flap design back then in Germany. I remember getting the Express Coaches in 2009 in that style of packaging.
@theoneandonlyluk79702 жыл бұрын
Timbiss
@ExcaliburofficialYT6 жыл бұрын
Big fan of these longer, in-depth videos you make that teach you so much
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
That's great to hear! Thank you so much for your feedback - I really appreciate it! :)
@ExcaliburofficialYT6 жыл бұрын
My pleasure
@xandardorf63656 жыл бұрын
55:27 oh my, I am now picturing Thomas saying, "It's a-Mee, Thomas the Tank Engine!", in the Mario voice.
@sudrianrailwaystudios6766 жыл бұрын
I will always remember my childhood even though it's gone.
@lilrandy734 жыл бұрын
27:00 that's my brith year cause I was born in 2006 and the 2006 design is very special to me.
@troyandryanvlogs78416 жыл бұрын
I forgot to say you inspire me to like Thomas no matter how old I am
@SodorOrBust6 жыл бұрын
I never thought that a video about packaging could be so interesting and entertaining! Great job!
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! :)
@diegoibanezholiday11716 жыл бұрын
I love your videos I like the one when you were younger
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! :)
@harlisegura97666 жыл бұрын
My favorite's are 1994,1999,2001,2006,2007,2010 ( with having Thomas in the logo ) 2012,2013, and 2018
@loganduckthomas1best6976 жыл бұрын
Guys don’t get mad if anything upset you the TWR master has spoken
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
I'm not the master of TWR but I do feel like I have a good understanding of the brand. But feel free to disagree with me about anything or everything that I said in the video! :)
@thomasfune33836 жыл бұрын
Nice discussion on the Thomas Wooden Railway. Great job liked it
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! :)
@nathancorcoran53476 жыл бұрын
I like CGI Thomas and friends!
@HITfanstudios2 жыл бұрын
I wish I have some old Thomas wooden railway packaging collection!!🤩🤩🤩
@HunterTWR4 жыл бұрын
The back of some of the packaging said Oak Brook, IL. McDonald’s once had their headquarters there!
@ChuckE.CheesesIllinois4 жыл бұрын
I've been to their old headquarters
@lilrandy734 жыл бұрын
21:22 oh I found a late 2004 thomas on ebay and there a few differences between the late 2001 version and the late 2004 version. Made of real wood was moved to the top of the packaging on the late 2004 version, the images of the character cards appeared on the front of the package instead on the back on the late 2004 version, the red part of the learning curve logo dissappeared, and Thomas gained red stripes on his boiler in late 2004
@Maislinn6 жыл бұрын
Me: I wander what the futures like? Me in 2019:WHY IS THERE ONLY A BLOCK OF WOOD FOR A THOMAS TOY??!?!?!?! And that’s why the future is the “ *BEST* ”
@lilrandy734 жыл бұрын
Maislinn they have full paint jobs again.
@chickmoschannel Жыл бұрын
The learning curve 2002-2011 actually still has the widows peak it was just hidden like the 2001 Edward!! But it's just less visible
@JasontheFolf6 жыл бұрын
I have a small collection of ERTL models and I play with them
@hebahshahrori26292 жыл бұрын
JAMES IS THE NUMBER 5 RED TENDER ENGINE !
@SeanShang20056 жыл бұрын
I have a D199 box from Mattel dated 2012/2013, and the back has the same phenomenon as on your Thomas box: it shows the old 2005/2006 D199.
@SkarloeyRailway016 жыл бұрын
Ugh, that 1997-2000 packaging...! So much love for that box. :)
@SkarloeyRailway016 жыл бұрын
Also, I can attest to the Brio being bigger in the UK thing. The only Brio Thomas item I own is a Daisy model. I picked her out from Harrods in London when my family was traveling there circa 1999.
@gamingvlogs4326 жыл бұрын
My childhood is gone😭😭😭😛
@gamingvlogs4326 жыл бұрын
Tender engine 71 😭😭😭😭
@stirlingno.12966 жыл бұрын
Gaming Vlogs How?
@dustymarie536 жыл бұрын
History Fan Thomas wood , don't be stupid
@stirlingno.12966 жыл бұрын
Ronnie the 14xx I know what you mean, I just think you’re overreacting.
@TrainFan1196 жыл бұрын
Me too
@skipzs6 жыл бұрын
He said Super Mario Brothers... That's a first.
@yadiraandrade61136 жыл бұрын
OliverAndEdward13 tiene una problema
@thecaledonianengines89096 жыл бұрын
yadira andrade he does not have a problem.
@ABellEngine6 жыл бұрын
Yeah. First time I heard that.
@ThomasLover6 жыл бұрын
Where did he say super mario bros?
@nityking16 жыл бұрын
come at me im thomas' driver and im not going to stand for this
@TeamElgato122 жыл бұрын
Oh my God I have the 1997 and I like that Thomas
@justinkwong80716 жыл бұрын
They just had to reboot everything didn't they? They even changed the direction that the engine faced in the package. They changed EVERYTHING.
@user-1999emperor2 жыл бұрын
I grew up with the 2004 one, the first one with the boiler stripes.
@iforgotmymoney58234 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video because I love the 90s wooden railway
@thomaswoodenrailway41575 жыл бұрын
47:15 the best one
@HTTVChannel6 жыл бұрын
This was awesome! I collected a lot of TWR stuff when I was little, but I never noticed how much it changed! Such a shame about "Wood" though.
@TWA19456 жыл бұрын
I grew up in England, and my first Thomas came in the Jeremy at the airport set. The style of packaging was red label, and the yellow label. Great video TWR! Also would you like to voice a character in my movie for August? It's about Thomas coming to Sodor, it will be about 50 minutes long, and I would like it if you could voice even the smallest of character! Can't wait for season 15!
@shazrodriguez9326 жыл бұрын
thomas'wood adventures 1945
@TWA19456 жыл бұрын
Shaz Rodriguez yes?
@catsdogsandlego100006 жыл бұрын
I have no idea why they won’t paint the rest of the train in the last one my first Thomas was the mature face Thomas but I recognise the 4th gen packaging more
@timelord84726 жыл бұрын
Actually, there was a BIG difference in the 2010 Wooden Thomas. The colours were a bit darker and the wood was lighter. Basically saying it wasn't as heavy and had more of a thiner feel. Also the 2011 Thomas had darker red lining than the rest.
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Interesting details! Thanks for sharing!
@rippleribbonvideos97266 жыл бұрын
Great video keekre
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@rippleribbonvideos97266 жыл бұрын
ThomasWoodenRailway you're welcome
@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod12544 жыл бұрын
When I go to either a Toys ‘R’ Us store or the Day Out With Thomas gift shop, I find the Mattel 2013 Thomas, Annie, and Clarabel in the 2016 style packaging along with the limited edition Day Out With Thomas 2016 passenger car and I find the packaging’s history fascinating and very interesting to go for a throwback to the day the Wooden Railway system was first introduced to the world and now at Barnes & Noble at my local mall, Thomas & Friends Painted Wood is being sold there with the exposed wood version and I’ll tell ya’ I have never seen a factory error my entire life and I have also given my older favorites some edge wear and my favorite style of the Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway packaging has to be the 1993 style packaging because the colors have a more vibrant feel to the product that used to be on the pegs and shelves in the 1990s and sometimes a throwback to the history of the packaging and how the Wooden Railway brand came to be before it was phased out from the store pegs and shelves for good to the rebrand as Thomas & Friends Wood, showing how common the characters in the rebrand and how rare the older styles can become in the old brand and now the original versions of the characters from the 90s era are super, if not, ULTRA rare and very hard to find, and I’ll tell ya’ this, I found the earliest version of Wooden Railway Thomas on eBay and I found it strange that a rare item would go up on sale on eBay and I’m really looking forward to comparing the item in the current packaging style to the original item dated back to the time the Wooden Railway system was first introduced to the public, if not, the WHOLE WORLD to check out as I’ll also be going though the history of the Bachmann Thomas & Friends packaging, inspired by this video as I’ll be starting with the first generation of packaging, which takes the same style of packaging, and the current version of the packaging just matches the colors of the sky on the Island Of Sodor in the Television Series, because everything was just a bit plain in the Railway Series book series compared to the Television Series adaptation as the first Bachmann Thomas & Friends packaging style takes inspiration from the old styles of packaging used for the Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway brand as the Bachmann Original Thomas has just been made for release and Introducing James has still got a long way to go before release in the Bachmann variant in the making of this comment and yet, STILL no Wooden Railway/Wood Original Thomas variant, if Introducing James had a Plarail, Wooden Railway, and Trackmaster Push Along variant, but no Bachmann variant like the Bachmann variant of Original Thomas, as seen in The Adventure Begins with Introducing James as I’ll give every character in that Bachmann variant a Wooden Railway style face with the plastic molded eyes on each of the faces will have to be cut out from the face so I can fit the eyeless face onto the Bachmann model of the characters without removing the moving eyes, or I could just try and mold new faces using the Wooden Railway faces and a hardening material for the face mold with a soft, Play Doh like product to put inside the square shaped mold holder built out of LEGOs, giving the LEGO brand a new use by building the square shaped mold holder so I can mold the faces with a hardening type material to mold the faces with the material
@Henry3Productions6 жыл бұрын
Yay I been wait ever since I saw that tweet
@WaffleDragon6 жыл бұрын
I certainly like the 1992 packaging the best. It keeps up the feel of The Railway Series. It also keeps up the realism of the series. Not that talking trains are realistic, but more so the types of stories in the Railway Series that weren't too implausible. Not like what the TV series became in the early CGI years.
@andydoms20016 жыл бұрын
You have so many 1992 Thomas’, can you literally just like send me one? Seriously I want one.
@1dembums6 жыл бұрын
Great video! Interesting information!
@godzillafigurefranchise48673 жыл бұрын
V uvucucydy
@pretzels8475 жыл бұрын
I was born in 2008 which means your channel is ten years older than me
@mynamehasspacesinit86873 жыл бұрын
28:50 I work retail, and we refer to those as "J-hooks", because of the shape of the hook.
@luznavarro29746 жыл бұрын
Awesome like allways
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@hebahshahrori26292 жыл бұрын
SANDY THE LITTLE PINK RAIL SPEEDER !
@thomasishere94624 жыл бұрын
I'm also using the 2013 Wooden Thomas in my series and also doing a review on it with the previous versions of the character!
@MickeyMouse070796 жыл бұрын
I love your video. I would love you to do one on how the Thomas wooden Railway has changed over the years.
@sparkipliervlogs14066 жыл бұрын
What happened to Learning curve
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Learning Curve was bought by TOMY in 2011/2012 and they stopped producing Thomas toys around the same time. TOMY still exists but I don't think any toys are made under the "Learning Curve" banner anymore.
@baxtonia6 жыл бұрын
Rip learning curve 1992 to 2012
@Jonathan_T_Hardin3 жыл бұрын
Say bye-bye to learning curve sniff sniff I miss learning curve sniff sniff waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
@mayohosko-3 жыл бұрын
25:51 conforms to B.S. lol. I have so much nostalgia for the 2001 packaging but the 1997 version is probably the best
@alexlife4703 жыл бұрын
Great news: The wooden railway line of thomas and friends is comming back i think to replace thomas wood
@isabellek52093 жыл бұрын
Yes
@AdamSelvig10 ай бұрын
I miss my old wooden railway toys I had back being a kid
@ComicAndrew392 жыл бұрын
I never saw the packaging on these toys because all the ones I got were used.
@EzCuldee6 жыл бұрын
My favorite style of packing is probably the late 90s version.
@ChiyoSanabria6 жыл бұрын
EzCuldee I love your vids
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
That's a big sentimental favorite for a lot of people! I have some fond memories associated with that style of packaging as well. :)
@Alzaar_The_Gunzel2 жыл бұрын
Funny how you say that the 2010 - 2012 Thomas (the ugly cgi face) was made by Learning Curve becauseI remembered that type of Thomas was made by Tomy.
@wendygilliam39356 жыл бұрын
Thomas wood is actually pretty good! People who Say its bad are just not getting use to it.
@wendygilliam39356 жыл бұрын
Also WTH BRIO!
@hebahshahrori26292 жыл бұрын
PERCY IS THE NUMBER 6 GREEN TANK ENGINE !
@thechippotronreal Жыл бұрын
We know
@hebahshahrori26292 жыл бұрын
ROSIE THE NUMBER 37 RED TANK ENGINE !
@Rusty-the-datsun2 жыл бұрын
is it me or the way they molded the thomas models are they like more of the non extended side tank e2?
@beinzgoofensmirtz2 жыл бұрын
So my sister and cousin were onboard the real thomas the tank engine and i think my sister or cousin got this modern era and i think my sister got this old-era thomas and i was wondering which era it is.
@WCWThunderRosa6 жыл бұрын
The 94-96 packaging was also close to the old school Ertl packaging 97-99 & 00-01 are GOAT imo
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
That's a good point - the 1994-1996 packaging looks very similar to the ERTL packaging from the same era!
@GreatWesternFilms5 жыл бұрын
I have the 2009 one but scratched up
@transportforever2 жыл бұрын
Was the quote 'thomas the tank engine and friends' on the early boxes the quote for the series that u created?
@kdoggaming42894 жыл бұрын
When you become 103 and cant play with thomas wodden railway any more
@shastakennmpx172 жыл бұрын
Stodoys has a lot of designs to choose from.
@moonersa3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THE THOMAS WOODEN 1999 THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE
@thearlesdaleengine81826 жыл бұрын
Damn, this one’s a doozy
@Railmakes4 жыл бұрын
Its 2013 when they stopped using the aqua and red packaging and swapped with the dark blue one it started to go downhill, I like the aqua and red packaging its so nostalgic
@ranmasaotome21613 жыл бұрын
I just got the one with red stripes yesterday.
@jordaneriksson54172 жыл бұрын
1992 IS THE BEST
@simonelopes-herrera44096 жыл бұрын
29:16 I have that one but a bit destroyed
@RobertsonBrown16 жыл бұрын
wil you make a layout video soon?
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
I won't be making a new wooden railway layout for a while but I will be uploading a new TrackMaster layout here soon! :)
@sha.grinchin6 жыл бұрын
I remember the 2006 box with the character card on the back.I used to get those at Toys R Us.Those where the good times
@nycblockboy56565 жыл бұрын
51:37 oh no
@melbel23326 жыл бұрын
Really liked this video. Thanks
@ThomasWoodenRailway6 жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Thanks for watching!
@SpongeBobNumber1Fan20036 жыл бұрын
That's A Lot Of Thomas Wooden Railway Packagings
@retronostalgiafan86356 жыл бұрын
The old Thomas wooden railway toys were the best. I grew up with the end of the old style wooden Thomas.
@MrBnsftrain6 жыл бұрын
27:42 I grew up with TWR during when they went from the "resealable" box to the "Character card window" blister box! 39:15 Even if they didn't print this in a bunch of languages, I still would've confused it for the 2010 "No character card" box! 41:49 when I first saw this style of box, I was disappointed the character cards were discontinued! 45:02 I think the one on the right might've been produced shorter than the 1992 packaging! 50:01 I guess this was used to fit the two-car engines and cars as well as the single ones! 51:22 I guess this design was to cater to fans who like the "black ring" around the faces!
@pillowheffley53656 жыл бұрын
I have the 2006 Thomas Wooden Railway
@coltsegura14865 жыл бұрын
Even though my thing is colt my actual name is chasse and I was born in 2006
@augustohenrique09116 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Brazil. It sold Wooden Railway from idk-2010 there were so many Characters, like Thomas, Percy, James, Old Slow Coach( I didn’t buy it cos I didn’t know her, but now I’m so angry with myself), Diesel, Diesel 10,...
@StarlightSnow19913 жыл бұрын
Bro, you had a pretty hard fall, wait what? Big world Big adventures, All engines go, Rebecca and Nia? What are you going on about? Come on, let’s go buy the new wooden railway range, it just released and it’s so cool! 29 years later *G O B A C K P L E A S E*
@cristenhenson73426 жыл бұрын
1994 ,2001 ,2006 ,2007 ,2010 part one ,2012 ,2013 and 2018 are my favorites
@marcelabriones16263 жыл бұрын
And even i finally got 2003 thomas
@BrimmySP3 жыл бұрын
You know Thomas Wood 2019 exists, right? (Not asking this again)
@PistonCupProductions3 жыл бұрын
This was made in 2018...
@ZARONUS6 жыл бұрын
I like the 2013 to 2016 version because of the CGI face